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My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh · 2018

A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.

3,146-word summary · 14 min read

Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty · 2018

Nine guests enter Tranquillum House for ten days while director Masha hides smoothies and motives.

2,313-word summary · 10 min read

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.

2,650-word summary · 12 min read

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr. Seuss · 1990

Seuss Sendoff follows life highs, slumps, and moving on with courage.

2,705-word summary · 12 min read

On the Road

Jack Kerouac · 1957

Sal Paradise rides with Dean Moriarty across America chasing work, jazz, and meaning.

2,792-word summary · 12 min read

Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline · 2013

Foster teen Molly helps 91-year-old Vivian clear her attic and uncovers a hidden orphan-train childhood.

2,488-word summary · 11 min read

Part of Your World

Abby Jimenez · 2022

ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.

3,078-word summary · 14 min read

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Suskind · 1985

Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.

2,561-word summary · 11 min read

Powerless

Lauren Roberts · 2023

Ordinary Paedyn hides in Ilya, saves Kai, and enters the Purging Trials while pretending an ability.

3,079-word summary · 14 min read

Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter · 2015

Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.

2,498-word summary · 11 min read

Prince Caspian

C.S. Lewis · 1951

The Pevensies return to ruins at Cair Paravel and help Caspian take back Narnia from Miraz.

2,304-word summary · 10 min read

Punk 57

Penelope Douglas · 2016

Pen pals Misha and Ryen turn cruel at school while hiding who writes the letters and who takes the hits.

2,909-word summary · 13 min read